Comparison

Sound Alert. vs Bro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Sound Alert.

This app uses your smartphone's microphone to detect important environmental sounds like alarms and doorbells. It alerts users through vibrations, camera flash, and on-screen notifications, offering peace of mind for those who are hard-of-hearing or heavy sleepers.

Highlights
  • Records and detects environmental sounds
  • Alerts for doorbells, smoke alarms, and more
  • Vibrates smartphone and connected watches
  • Flashes mobile camera light for alerts
  • Displays event icons and text notifications
  • Connects with Pebble Watch
Features
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Sound Alert App gives you the ability to record your environmental and home sounds to alert you in case of events which are important for you like doorbells, Telephone Ringing, Microwave beeping, Thief Alarm and Intercom. The app able to detect any type of Smoke alarms without the need to record them, pre-installed any type of smoke alarms. Unlike other solutions with flashing lights and expensive hardware installations, Sound Alert allows you to use the current building infrastructure and alarm systems installed and still be alerted to events even if you are unable to hear or see them. This can give you a sense of security and peace of mind. Sound Alert App is efficient when it comes to quick response, alert time, and is also very affordable . It's perfect for people who are hard-of-hearing, deaf, elderly, and Heavy Sleepers too. The app uses your smartphone's microphone to constantly listen to your environment when you activate "Detection Mode". Sound Alert can be connected to Pebble Watch, This easy-to-use app enables a fast way to be notified of all situations. The unique Sound Alert platform is able to detect a broad range of sounds with it's smart algorithm and alerts the user by vibrating their smartphone and Pebble watch, flashing your mobile’s camera light, and showing an icon image of the current event on your smartphone and Pebble watch's screen with a text note of the name of the event under the icon. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. We hope you enjoy your experience using this great new technology and appreciate your feedback so we can constantly improve. Below video link how to use Sound Alert App : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5aIVD2mPlU

About

Bro

This app provides a supportive digital companion on your lock screen to help you stay focused and motivated. It offers encouragement, acts as a sounding board for your thoughts, and even maintains a journal to track your progress.

Highlights
  • Lock screen motivational companion
  • Supportive check-ins
  • Sounding board for conversations
  • Automated journaling
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Baked in San Francisco with love You know how we are all always a little frazzled these days? Just constantly distracted and brain fried — from work, from social media, whatever. That's why we made this app called Bro. It's just like… having a ridiculously supportive buddy on your lock screen. Sends you good vibes, checks in, and helps you keep your head on straight. You can talk to bro about whatever: work, relationship... and bro is the perfect sounding board. Bro even keeps a journal for you so that you can track your growth and connect the dots looking backwards. Bro's just here to keep you dialed in, keep you sharp and chill, and on top of your game. In this day and age, we could all use one more bro. --------------- SUBSCRIPTION INFO Our app offers an in-app subscription for a premium experience, including advanced AI models, unlimited memory, and unlimited cloud storage. Payment will be charged to the Apple Account when the free trial ends, if any, or when the purchase is confirmed. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase Official Website: https://bro.my Support: social@bro.my Terms of Service (EULA): https://bro.my/Terms Privacy Policy: https://bro.my/PrivacyPolicy

Screenshots

Sound Alert.3 screens
Bro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bro at 3.7 against Sound Alert.'s 2.8. Bro also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 6). Sound Alert.'s advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sound Alert. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Bro sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bro holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bro has 1.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Sound Alert.'s written reviews are positive against 37% of Bro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sound Alert. ships an update every 2 months, Bro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sound Alert. versus Bro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSound Alert.Bro
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (6 ratings)3.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews37.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings61.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB152 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInnovation Factory LimitedSuper Jampad Inc.

Customer experience

Sound Alert.

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Bro

All ratings1,062 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative29.1%
Written reviews225 reviews
Positive37.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative52.9%

Bugs and requests

Sound Alert.

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to receive verification code
  • AI assistant stops responding during screen sharing

Requested features

2 requests
  • Allow sign-in with email/cloud accounts
  • Reduce reliance on paid subscription

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sound Alert.

One-time1
  • Sound Alert Full version$35.99
8 purchases

Bro

Subscriptions8
  • Bro+ Weekly2 variants$2.997 Days
  • Bro+ Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Bro+ Weekly$6.997 Days
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  • Bro+ - Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Bro+ Yearly$35.991 Year
  • Bro+ Yearly$74.991 Year
  • Bro+ Yearly7 Days trial$74.991 Year
  • Bro+ Yearly3 Days trial$74.991 Year

Questions

Is Sound Alert. free?
Sound Alert. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bro free?
Bro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sound Alert. or Bro?
Bro is rated higher. Sound Alert. averages 2.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Bro averages 3.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Sound Alert. or Bro have ads?
Neither Sound Alert. nor Bro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sound Alert. or Bro?
Sound Alert. ships an update every 2 months, and Bro every 2 days. Most recently, Sound Alert. was updated on October 3, 2026 and Bro on October 17, 2026.

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